The research in the Conservation Ecology Lab focuses on the impact of resource and land use on vulnerable wildlife populations. Using empirical and quantitative tools, we study vulnerable wildlife populations that live in both terrestrial and aquatic environments that face pressing conservation issues. The projects in the lab cover a wide taxonomic range: hippos, California Least Terns, bobcats, green, loggerhead and leatherback turtles and pelagic sharks. What our projects have in common is that they all consider how anthropogenic factors impact these populations using innovative field, quantitative and lab-based approaches.
